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The Female Consultation on the Blessed Medicine
177118th century
23 cm x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 in. x 6 1/8 in.)
Anonymous (active ) Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Mezzotint with burin
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Karen G. and Dr. Elgin W. Ware, Jr. Collection, 2000
Accession Number:
2000.51
“Blessed medicine” is a euphemism for the treatment of syphilis, putting the probity of these women into question. Practically from the origin of the medium, anonymous printmakers conveyed subjects of everyday concern using rudimentary techniques. Occasionally, such popular subjects have appeared in “artistic” works. Over the course of the eighteenth-century, and especially in England, this upward migration became more common. This print, done in the most sophisticated technique of the day––mezzotint––is a choice example.
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